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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

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3. IIRC What the deacon told my mom...

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 27, 2016, 05:36 PM

Oct 2016

...is that part of the reason the church opposed it was that in the early church the victims of persecution had often been burned after death and had their ashes scattered, and that even after Christianity became the state religion of the Empire they opposed the scattering of ashes, seeing it as disrespectful to the deceased.

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My mom did not know that until very recently. 47of74 Oct 2016 #1

I like these two methods: rug Oct 2016 #2

IIRC What the deacon told my mom... 47of74 Oct 2016 #3

That's interesting. rug Oct 2016 #4

Yeah I'm glad he did 47of74 Oct 2016 #5

If I remember right, you started law school. rug Oct 2016 #6

Yes I did. 47of74 Oct 2016 #7